Scam Alert -- Court "Notice of Appearance"
- posted: Mar. 28, 2014
- Articles,  Business Counseling,  High Technology Law,  Business,  Political,  Business Law
by Andrew Jacobson If you receive a "court notice" via email, don't open it -- it is a scam designed to add to your computer malware designed to get you to Read More
Earned Income Tax Credit Notice
- posted: Jan. 08, 2014
- Articles,  Business Counseling,  Employment,  Political
California employers, take note: you are required to give notice to all your employees about the earned income tax credit at about the time you give them their W-2 or Read More
California Creates New Corporate Structures Enabling For-Profit Corporations To Consider the Public Benefit
- posted: Nov. 22, 2013
- Articles,  Business Counseling,  Employment,  Political
Sharon Adams Introduction In January 2012, California created two new state corporate structures: (1) flexible purpose corporations, and (2) benefit corporations. Unlike traditional for-profit corporations, these new corporate structures are required to provide Read More
Veterans
- posted: Nov. 11, 2013
- Articles,  Business Counseling,  Political
Bay Oak Law's own Daniel Gwozdz was recognized by the Bar Association of San Francisco on Veteran's Day for his service in the US Army between 2000 and 2005. Dan Read More
New I-9 Form
- posted: Mar. 28, 2013
- Articles,  Business Counseling,  Employment
The USCIS has introduced a new I-9 form that will have to be used for new employees. While use is currently voluntary, it will be required from May onward. No need to Read More
A Wait at the Gate
- posted: Feb. 07, 2013
- Articles,  Business Counseling,  Employment,  Political
[caption id="attachment_1098" align="alignleft" width="320" caption="Hold your horses"][/caption] For all those employers (all none of you) ready to race ahead and give notices to employees about health insurance exchanges, you are going Read More
Taxing Taxes
- posted: Feb. 06, 2013
- Articles,  Business Counseling,  Political
A former co-worker of mine, David Spence of the Royce Law Firm, was quoted in a Forbes blog today about Cutler v. Franchise Tax Board, where the California Second District Read More
Entrepreneurial Trap
- posted: Jan. 31, 2013
- Articles,  Business Counseling,  Business
Entrepreneurs in California sometimes want to organize their companies in other states, like Delaware or Nevada. They learn that companies can pay less in franchise fees in Nevada, or that Read More
Sins of Wages
- posted: Jan. 08, 2013
- Articles,  Business Counseling,  Employment,  High Technology Law,  Business
Both employers and employees need to review their wage statements for the new year, because California has amended Labor Code 226 to identify nine types of information that has to be Read More
How Much for an Attorney-to-Be?
- posted: Sep. 20, 2012
- Articles,  Business Counseling,  Business
Lawyers love Latin -- it makes the sordid sound sophisticated. After reading the below, ask yourself cui bono? Who benefits? Judge William Pauley recently knocked down an attorneys' fee request: ""Astonishingly, Kramer Levin Read More
Time to Get Commission Agreements in Writing
- posted: Sep. 12, 2012
- Articles,  Business Counseling,  Employment
We've said it before, about the need to get things in writing, but now getting commission schedules in writing will be the law here in California starting next year: "By January Read More
Unemployment Benefits: The Greased Pig
- posted: Jul. 26, 2012
- Articles,  Business Counseling,  Employment
[caption id="attachment_920" align="alignright" width="300" caption="2004 Greased Pig Contest, Photo by Ken Ratcliff, Wikipedia Commons"][/caption] Sometimes being an employer is like being in a greased pig contest: you just can’t get your Read More
Business Owners: Keep Your Networks Secure
- posted: Jul. 22, 2012
- Articles,  Business Counseling,  Business
Just in case the business owner didn’t have anything to worry about, here is a new headache to avoid. EPN Inc., also known as Checknet, Inc. is a collection agency Read More
Tips for Employers About Tips in California
- posted: Jun. 15, 2012
- Articles,  Business Counseling,  Employment,  Business
California has a long tradition of being employee-friendly: covenants not to compete by employees are unenforceable, and the minimum wage is usually higher in California than that nationally. The same is Read More
California Supreme Court: Employers Do Not Have to Ensure Employees Take Breaks
- posted: Apr. 26, 2012
- Articles,  Business Counseling,  Employment,  Business
The state Supreme Court has finally clarified California employer obligations regarding employee meal periods and rest breaks. As we predicted after the oral arguments in Brinker Restaurant Corp. v. Superior Court Read More
It's H-1B Visa Season
- posted: Feb. 16, 2012
- Articles,  Business Counseling,  Employment
2013 H-1B Visa Application Start Date If your firm is seeking to provide a new H-1B visa on or after October 1, 2012, the application season opens on April 2nd. In Read More